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Newspaper Page TextTODAY'S CIRCULATION OVU 4,2 0 0 AND STILL GROWING Th. WEATHER ffl Highest Yesterday SO Lowest Last Night , 32 Cloudy, rain late tonight or Friday, warmer tonight. Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Beet Interests of the People ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 26. 1925. VOL. XXVII. NO. VOL. XIII NO. 10 OP THE EVENING. NEWS Ml L IS Alleged Typhoid Murderer of McCIintock I Denied Bail Privilege. WILL EXHUME BODIES Coroner Orders Bodies of Mother and Doctor Re moved to Find Cause for Their Death. f AmwUtcd Twm Lu4 Win.) CHICAGO, Mar. 20. Coroner Os car Wolff announced today he would issue an order for the ex humation of the bodies of Mrs. Emma Nelson McCIintock, mother of the dead orphan millionaire, William N. McCIintock and Dr. Os car Olson. The coroner's decision, after a conference with a representative of the state's attorney, came short ly after counsel for William D. Shepherd, charged with the mur der of McCIintock, had announced he would fight on In an attempt to free Shepherd on ball which had been denied yesterday by Judge Jacob Hopkins, chief Justice of the criminal court -Mrs. McCIintock died 18 years afro and Dr. Olson died three years ago. CHICAGO, Mar. 26 William D. Shepherd, charged with the murder by. tvphoid germs of William N. REMAIN GOURT EDICT M.cC1tfCk- hf, toateJ'oa- to f'Vfalenowski, veteran of three the boys million dollar estate nf ., rPT(lw re ,. must remain In jail without ball ,t , h, n pending trial. Chief Justice Jacob. K Hopkins of the criminal court nil-! Af,pr tne review, the twentv-sec-ed late vesterdav. ' ond infantry, his "outfit will en- The fight for his release will he'tertaln w"n dinner In honor of carried to the sunreme court wllh Sergeant Malenowskl who Is re- a petition for a writ of habeas cor-, pus, William C. Stewart, his attor ney, said. Meanwhile prosecution attorneys and Stewart cannot agr-e on a date for arraignment of Shepherd. Assurance of a speedy trial if Shep herd wishes It was held out for him In Judge Hopkins' d"clalon piano score by Richard Wagner of rendered after three days of tesli- the funeral music which he com mony and argument. I posed for Carl Maria Von Weber The whole question In the hail has been put on sale here. The hearing, the decision said, rested manuscript Is dated November 15. on the testimony of Charles C. 1844, and covers eight octavo Falman head of a science school pages. It has not yet found a pur- and Jointly indicted With Shepherd rhnaer the ontlnila rinsler dls- to whom he said he gave typhoid paying It is holding out for a stiff today were C. W. Martyn. assistant fever germs, knowing they were prce. j superintendent, D. M. MrLauchian, to he used on McCIintock. master mechanic. H. A. Hampton, If Faiman is telling the truth.! 17DC.CT rDC rATUTO i division engineer: Frank Cavendar, there was a conspiracy to mir- WKtSILtKS U A I HfcK ' master car builder, and W. H. Me der this boy." said the rulinir. "If, FOR MI JSf!I F TOI IRNF.Y Bean, assistant superintendent: E. Falman Is not, this defendant has been the subject of a monstrous Injustice. He has been enmeshed in a net of circumstances unpre cedented and painful to contem plate. Hut It Is not for the court HM. Ir. . haorln. iKI. turfk The decision came a few minutes after Stewart had closed a replv to the argument of Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney. The prose- cutor likened Joung McCIintock to a lamb being fattened for the slaughter, with Shepherd In a po - sitlon to take his life and profit by It. Defense counsel said Crowe's argument was "a dangerous one" and pictured Shepherd as "a lov ing foster father, Incapable of slay ing a boy he loved." INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 26 "The spirits" have revealed to Mrs. Mar- tha Shepherd Hayden, mother of William D. Shepherd, charged with the murder of William McCIintock In Chicago, that her son Is Inno- cent, she said late yesterday. Mrs. Hayden who Is 88 years old has been a spiritual medium here for years. n HIGHWAY COMMISSION nnri.o n . . nine UrtJNO rAVlINLs DlLO rwHatM Prm Lrsswi ww.) PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 26 The state highway commission be- gsn Its March meeting here this afternoon, bids were orened str 15.1 miles of paving. B2 8 miles of grading and surfacing and for one overhead railroad crossing at Jef- ferson approximately 5on.fton la Involved In contracts to be let. A number of delegations from var- Inus counties are here to urge work In their localities. The commission Is expected to try to outline Its program for the year at this meeting. GIRL THOUGHT DEAD IN STORM ItKTl HNS HOME. I (AoeUt4l Ptm rMH Wire.) WEST FRANK I-'OHT, 111., March 2fi One Wvst Frank fort family was reunited to day, the two year old dauth- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sullivan, who last Monday had buried another child as their own, was back with her parents again. The child was missing; af- ter the tornado a weik ago and was mourned as dead. In the ruins of the Sullivan home the body of a child was found. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan supposed it their own and as such It was burl- ed. The little Sullivan girl was found alive and well at the home of a neighbor yes- terday. The body of the child burled probably will be disinterred for identification. SEATTLE ROTARY WINS. f AnoclatM Prm Lnanl Win.) PORTLAND. Ore., March 26. The Seattle Rotary Coif team today has the Gardner trophy, having won It yester day In the annual Rotary conference tournament, de feating Portland, which had the cup two years. Three victories are necessary to re- tain permanent possession of the cup. In the 18 ho'io qualifying round Seattle led Portland by one stroke. In the final matches Seattle .won by three points. RETIRING OFFICER Tft nrprun? UAVnn ! 1 J IU.V.UVI. IlUllUlX, dents. Railroading for many years I was listed as one of the most haz- (AMTx-uted rrtm Lturd win.) I ardous of occupations, but as a re ATLAWTA. Ga.,.- Mar. 26. An : suit of the campaign waged by the awkward private, who enlisted at I Southern Pacific company to ellmi Fort Mcpherson thirty years ago, ! nate accidents the number of men tomorrow will witness the maneuv- Injured has been reduced to a very ers of malors and colonels, can- , low minimum, and fatalities are tains and lieutenants through a parade In his honor. ,. ,,.. o . .,..,' tiring from the service. WAGNER MANUSCRIPT IS PLACED ON SALE RERUN. Mar. 26. The original f AmHMtml rnwi Lnwl Wl.l STILL WATER, Okla.. Mar. 26. More than sixty athletes were ready for the opening today of national A. A. V. Wrestling tOUTO- ' ament at the Oklahoma A. A. and M college. Individual champions e,rht wights as well as team champions will be named. Finals wl" 08 held tomorrow night, The entries include wrestlers . rom the Oregon Aggies and the Los Angeles Athletic Club, . n I VETERAN WINS FIRST CLASH WITH BUREAU PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26. C. Clarence Llklns today won the first clash In his battle against the Veterans' Bureau when Judge Wolverton overruled the govern- ment's motion for a directed ver- diet, In his suit to place him on a permanent disability rating. The court further declared he believes Llklns to be totally dls- ahled and that In his opinion this disability Is permanent. The government will present medical testimony. It Is said, to proTe tn,t Llklns' Injuries are not permanent and that they might have been received when he fell after a run down Portland Heights 0r In a fall down an elevator shaft, both sustained before the war. n FREAK CHICK HATCHED j iArMr4 rn lt wii.i MEDFORD. Ore.. Mar. 26 A three-legged Plymouth Hock chick. which can bop higher and farther than any of its fellows. Is the proud possession nf Mrs. George A. Seely of this city According to her report today. The strange fr'fc was batchedQyetterdav. WW liS.P.SAFET Y AND FUEL MEETINGS ARE HELD TODAY Employees Discuss Safety and Efficiency Methods at City Hall. OFFICIALS IN THE CITY Division Department Heads Attend Session Devoted to Discussion of Safety Methods. Safely and fuel oil savings meet-' Ings were held at the City Hall to-1 day by Southern Pacific employes, I with a large number of the em-; ployees of all departments present These meetings are held at fre-' qucnt Intervals in all terminal ponts for tne purpose of securing suggestions and recommendations from employes to increase efficien cy and give the greatest possible degree of safety. The safety meetings as conduct ed by the Southern Pacific com pany, have resulted In that com pany taking first place In the na-1 " elimination ot acci- very rare, and much less than In practically any other Industry wnere an equal nummr oi persons are employed. Standing committees are main i tained In each department, and these committees, consisting of em ployes, work out recommendations and suggestions which they think will give greater safety to em-i ployes. In many instances protect ing devices have been suggested ctilft. ha.. ollmlnnFafl mwst .ton. gers and have resulted in saving many lives. The meetings also result In keep ing the thought of accident elimi nation constantly before employes, so that preventable accidents are reduced to a low minimum. The safety meeting was held this morning, starting at 9:30 o'clock. There was a great deal of interest taken, representatives from every department being pres ent. Among the officials present Stroud. trainmaster at Eugene; O, L. Flint road foreman of engines: and C. J. Pearce, assistant division, storekeeper. At 1 :30 p. m. the fuel oil meeting was held. This meeting took up the matter of elimination of waste of fuel oil. and a discussion of meth ods of obtaining the greatest pos sible efficiency from a minimum of fuel. The meeting was conducted by J. N. Clark, of San Francisco, head of the fuel oil bureau. STORM CENTERS AT WORK REBUILDING r Anwvl.rH Prm LmI WlrO CHICAGO. Mar. 26. Reconstruc toln and replacement were the ob jects of activity today In the storm wept areas of five states where a week ago ruin and death were left In the wake of the previous day's tornado. The American Red Cross went on ansce with IU plans In replace and refurnish homes, clothing and all necessities of victims to restab- iisn Tnem as neariv on a prt-niis-ter bssis as possible. Local com munity and county commlttles be gan work of co-operating wllh the Red Cross and adjusting claims. A few more days will end the emergency relief period fled i by Red Cros officials as the time for temporary efforts and work will start at onre on surveys to ascer tain permanent needs of storm suf. , ferers. Iter provision will be made for vocational training and trust fnnd assistance In cases where the chief rnesm of snpnort cf a famllv was cut off by the dls- aster. The total deaths In the storm area tods'- stood at S3ft. the figure set In T Associated Press lists of the killed on tha night ot .the tornado. M1YAS PRAIRIE FIRES THREATEN LIFE AND DESTROY PROPERTY AS THEY 1 Grass Fires Cover Large Areas in Widely Separated Parts of North and South Dakota Casualties Reported People Flee Towns Before Un controlled Demon Call for Help. FIRES IN TWO STATES Whipped along by a brisk wind, prairie ires last night and today swept over two widely separated sections of North arid South Dakota, causing extensive property loss and giving rise to unconfirmed reports of fatalities. One fire zone centered on the North and South Dakota boundary south of Bismark, N. D., while the other area affected is straight south on the South Dakota Nebraska state line, embracing part of the Rosebud In dian reservation and extending toward Valentine, Neb. In each zone several distinct separate tires were reported, all traveling in a south and slightly east direc tion. Reports that a man bad perished near Waller, S. D., and a woman and two children had lost their lives at Tuthill, S. D., had not been confirmed. (Awc-lated hw Lraivd Win.) MANDAN, N. D., Mar. 26. At least five farm homes near Self ridge two hundred sheep and an un estlmated amount of hay have been destroyed by a prairie fire which was sweeping toward the Black Hills before a stiff wind at noon' to day. Homesteaders and farmers, strag gling Into the towns of Sioux coun ty where the fires are raging, told of the damage. One man is report ed to have lost his life In fighting the fire near Walker but the report has not been verified. The blaze starting near the In dian sug-agency at Porcupine, N. D., took a southeasterly onurse across the county and to the North Dakota-South Dakota line, burning over grane territory where home steaders' shacks dotted the pralr-'i lea. The fire spread out and arouad Selfrldge, N. I)., but did not dam age that town materially, OMAHA, Mar. 26. A special dis patch to the Omaha World Herald this afternoon said that the entire town of Gregory, S. D., about 30 miles east of the Rosebud reserva tion was threatened with the prair ie fires today and that the flames were turned away only after almost every citizen of the town organized a bucket and dirt brigade. VALENTINE, Neb.. Mar. 26. ! Three separate prairie fires of j huge proportions are devastating i the Rosebud Indian reservation In j the South Central part of South, Dakota and have already burned over hundreds of thousands of acres In adjoining Nebraska land. I The fire Is now about seven The Teapot Dome lease annull mlles from Valentine, a town of ment Bl,t CHnie to a fiery climax about 1,600. one hundred miles an ended In the space of a few northwest of O'Nell. minutes today. Lrgeni cans ior neip nave ueen received here from ranchmen of the threatened districts. One call rt-ai.ii.-u iimi ' ' children had already been burned to death In the small Inland town of Tuthill. S. D. Tuthill is In Il-n-nett county. This town, advices said, had been completely destroy ed. Reports from the burned over ares are very meager, but It Is known that one large ranch hai been completely burned out. The sky to the north was red with the government naa not caiiea an me reflection of the flames. witnesses It could have summoned The wind last night attained a In order to make an equitable pres velocity of 40 miles an hour and entatlon of the caso. He was re fill forenoon today has been blow ferrlng to the failure of the gov Ing a 27 mile an hour gale. Small ernment to use the testimony of success has so far been obtained Rear-Admiral J. K. Roblson, chief In checking the flames, advices of the navy engineering and H. said. Backfires have been slart' d Foster Bain. and are proving to be the most ef-1 o fectlve method In fighting the KICHTKK I-TXEKAL TODAY, flames. No moisture has fallen In : this region for several weeks, aj The funeral or the late Bernard condition that Is aiding the pro- j R. nichter. of Camas Valley, who gross nf the fires. i passed away suddenly In this city, The front of the fire last night Is Monday night of heart trouble, known to have extended from , was hwld afternoon at 2:30 o' Whlte River, 8. D.. to Merrlnian. i clock at the lloselinrg I'ndertak Neb., a distance of approximately nK 'arlor. ltev. Stewart O llell 50 miles. Extensive precautions are officiated and Interment was held now being taken to keep the sparks at the Masonic cemetery. There away from Valentine, although a were many beauMful floral offer lake fortunately is in the path of Ings, token of sorrow from his the names. many friends. MILES CITY. Mont, Mar. 26 ;To Hold Cllnle The entire population of Wakrsla Mrs. Florence Orandy and frs. has deserted the town to fight th" Ellen Post, county health nurses, 'wo big fires that are raging near spent the day at Sntherlln attend- here, according to Information re- ng a community health meeting eelved here by Milwaukee rslls-' and arranging for a baby ellnlc to officials. The fire Is on the Stand- be held at some future date. PPED BY STRONG WINDS Ing Rock Indian reservation and Is raging only a short distance from j Yates where the body of Sitting Bull, famous Indian warrior Is buried. ' Jhe fire started last night, north west of Wakpala and burned over a stretch of 20 miles long and sev eral miles wide. A second fire started this morning near Grand River and is still raging. It Is the second fire that the population of Wakpala Is fighting. The fire Is In the Port Yates district and the call for help last night came from Fort Yates. ABERDEEN. S. D., Mar. 26. Telephone advices today from Wakpala, on tho main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway said that two prairie fires are raging near there and that a third Is gaining headway northwont of Trail City. KADOKA, S. D., Mar. 26. Resi dents of six southwestern South Dakota counties rallied late today for an effort to check two disas trous prairie fires which have been ravaging the Indian reservation, a county south of here, for more than thirty hours. TEAPOT DOME SUIT fAMQcUtf-d Vnm LtMed Wire.) CHEYENNE. Wyo., Mar. 26. The climax was a high pressure verbal exchange between Owen J. Roberts of government counsel and attorneys for the dffense, who con- ,.,, ',,,, , ,.,' . ,h. tended that In referring lo the testimony of Edwin Denby former Secretary of the Navy before a sen ate committee, Mr. Roberts bail gone outside the court record In the closing argument. The exchange started when Mr. Roberts began answering the charge by the defense that the Managers Talk Match Between Gibbons and Tunney on June 12; Bout With Wills Not to Interfere (AnocUttd Tnm Uued Win.) CHICAGO. March 26. A fifteen-round bout to decision be tween Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul and Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, to be held In the Polo Grounds In New York, June 12, was the objective of a meeting here today between Jim my De Forest, matchmaker of the Polo Athletic Club of New Yoik and Eddie Kane, manager of Gtt bona. Gibbons has been offered 30 per cent of the receipts Kane said, and Tunney has reached au understanding with De Foret, New York dispatches Indicate, but no contracts have been signed. Kane will sign for the conleat at once, he Bald, If De Forest's Engagement Figures in Suit of Movie Man Against Lillian Gish; Attorney Says Took It for Granted f At oUld mm Uutd win.) NEW YORK. Mar. 26. Testi mony Intended to establish wheth er there was an engagement to marry between Lilian Gish and Charles H. Duell, president of the motion picture company, for which she formerly worked, has assum ed Importance In the trial of Duell's suit in the federal court here to compel her to make pic tures only for his company. Statements made on behalf 'of Mr. Duell when he started the suit referred to an engagement which Miss Gish denied. George W. Newgass, who was attorney for Miss Gish In 1923 when she made a will naming Duell as executor, was questioned iiicui i jreaieruay a session or -Max Steuer, Miss Gish's counsel. Newgass said he understood at the time that the couple were en. gaged. Confronted with evidence tending to show that he had ad GOVERNMENT OFFICE OFFERED FOR SALE (Amdsud Ptms Lari Wtn.) WASHINGTON, March 26. The red flag waved today from the department of Justice but not the red flag of Soviet Rus sia. It bore the name of an auc tioneer who will sell the building under an orrtvr or tne court to satisfy a mortgage. The sale will not disturb the activities of the department, whose long term lease from the private owner of the building will be a condition of the sale. JOHN C00LIDGE VISITS (Axnrbted PreM toad Tlr,) WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. John Coolidge, son of the president re turned to the White House today from Amherst college to spend the spring vacation. It Is the first real visit he has had with his parents since Christmas, his return on In auguratlon day having been only for a few hours. ACCEPTS TEMPORARY POST (A-nciatcd Prta UtH Win.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. Wild er H. Metcalf of Lawrence, Kan., who does not desire the post of commissioner of pensions for which the senate has confirmed him, has consented to accept II temporarily and then resign, so President Coolidge can make a re cess -appolnlnrent. MELLON PLANS VACATION (AMOFlftf-d PreM Lraafd Win.) WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. Sec retary Mellon plans to leave for Bermuda Saturday for a brief vaca tion, accompanied by hla son, Paul, and several of Paul's school friends, who are attending an academy In Walllngford, Conn. PORTLAND MERCHANT OIES (Aanrlattd Pma U4 Win.) PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26. John P. Plagemann, 61, president of the Portland firm -of Llebes and company, died at his home here last night, following a long period of 111 health. Five years ago he waa stricken wllh sleeping sick ness which left complications from which he never fully recover ed. MIKE YOKEL WI.NS (Anorlaled Pnn Lmrd Wm.) PORTLAND, Ore., March 26. Mike Yokel, light heavyweight wrestler, won a finish match here last night with Hilly Edwards, Kansas City, taking two of three falls. Yokel won the first fall In fifty two minutt-s and the third in .IS minutes. Edwards took the seeond In 36 minutes. MEMORIAL PROCEEDS I WASHINGTON, Mar. 26 l.e board of trustees of the Harding Memorial Association decided to day to proceed Immediately with erection ot ISOO.O'i memorial to Warren G. lIsrdlniTon a site al ready selecteddpnAtha outskirt of Marlon, Ohio. w terms are satisfactory without waiting for further moves in the proposed match between Qlbbono. and Harry Wills, negro heavy weight challenger, for the milk fund show in New York May 28. The 8t. Paul boxer's manager also has under consideration a $50,000 offer for a ten-round Olb-bons-Tunney no-dectslon content In St. Paul arly In June, made by Jack Reddy, St. Paul promo ter. Gibbons will be an Interested ringside spectator at the bout 1" rl day night In St. Paul between Tunney and Harry Greb, world's middleweight champion and for mer light heavyweight tltllst, from whom Tunney won his crown. vised the screen star to waive $60,000 In percentages on one ot her -pictures and that he permit ted the actress to allow Duell, as trustee, to draw her salary, he said: "I thought that was all right be cause of the engagement between them. It was all over town." Newgass said that Duell had told him while they were playing golf last August that he and Miss Qlsh had been engaged. "Then he never revealed this great Joy to you until after there waa no engagement," Mr. Steuer commented. Miss Gish laughed Mis Gish has abandoned the the practice of eating raw carrots ne practice or eaung raw carru- n court She munched them at the first day of the trial, both for her complexion and nervousness, she explained. Yesterday she made sketches with a pencil and tore them up without showing them to anybody INDIANS SOUGHT IN MURDER CASE (Aaodstad H Vrtm Wtn.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Mar. 26. Two Indians who escaped from the county Jail early Monday, Silas Barclay and Louis Knight are being hunted in connection I with the possible murder of Fred die Jackson, drunken redskin who an order to stay home from a par- -met death on the streets of Chile- ty. was nervous all morning. When quln 8unday, March 16, following . rt adjourned for the noon Te a wild ride on hla horse. fainted, but In the arms of ., . . ... .u attendants, who prevented a rep It was first believed that Jack- , , , ,h f yMterd, son sustained a skull fracture in, continued on oaae sight) the fall from a horse, but Acting I . (Continued ou paeelgnt) District Attorney Myers said today he has Information which indicates Jackson might have sustained a fractured skull In a fight and then place astride his horse for bis last ride, unconscious, through ' the streets of Chlloquln. According to Information, the acting district attorney says, Jackson Is said to have been drink ing In an old barn with Knight and Barclay. They are alleged to have had a fight of some kind. The acting district attorney kept all his suspicions and evidence to himself, not even notifying Sheriff ' Hawkins of his suspicions and In vestigation. As a result, the sheriff did not put extra guard about the a ' pitted flimsy county jail and u4 a result It was an easy matter for Barclay and Knight to make their escane. I No trace of the missing Indians working under Instructions and has yet been found and it Is not blamed methods employed In. the known what angle the probe police department for the affair, will lake. Dr. W. S. Roger, reset- I -' "" ' vatlon physician, today scouted the murder theory and said be was confident the death waa due to the fall from the horse. Jackson did not die for five hours after the ride and he was examined by Dr. Rogers that afternoon. POLISH COUPLES SEEKING DIVORCE (Amx-talnl Prm LmwS W-n.) WARSAW. Msr. 26. The dis covery that 20.000 Polish cathollo couples have obtained divorces by Joining the Hussion Orthodox church Is causing concern to the Polish government which Is con sidering measures to restrict the 'movement. i The Russian church shares the -Polish objections to the practice and has instructed all the church authorities to handle divorce cases with the greatest care refusing to consider any case If the parties have belonged to the church less than a year. DECISION OF U. S. COURT IS AFFIRMED ,, (A-H.il Pr Lnnd win.) PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 26. The United States circuit court pr ap- i Deals today affirmed the decision of the federal district court of Delaware In dismissing the govern nwnt suit for the recovery of the smzed German dye patents from the Chemlcr Foundation. Inc., which purrh a) d them from the alien property custodian during .the Wilson administration. MATRICIDE MAY PLEAD DIDN'T SHOOT MOTHER Attorney Hints That Claim to Guilt Was Done to -Shield Someone. ' JAZZ GIRL FAINTS Defense Intimates That Actual Confessed Shoot ing of Mother Will." , Be Denied. (Aaocbtod Ptmi I Mi Wb.) 8 AN FRANCISCO. Mar. 26. Whether Dorothy Elllngson. 16 year old girl of the Jul lite, on trial for murder, actually shot and killed her mother, aa she admitted so freely last Januaiy may be put at Issue by the defense. It was In dicated today. . , ,' Walten McOovern of defense counsel opening new line ot ques tioning, prepared by Indication to attack both the state's proof that the girl Shot her mother and girl's confession that she did - it He asked several prospective Jur- iors whether If the testimony d)(J her mother, but confer I, , ., , ... nmA ... they would hesitate te acquit. He wanted to know further whether, It the court Instructed that confes sions obtained by fraud or duresa, threats or promises were to be dis regarded and if they believed the confession In this case to be ot that sort, they would reject It This waa the first Intimation that the defense Intended to con test the actual shooting. That the further defense of Insanity Is not to he abandoned, however, was In dicated by the repetition of ques tions touching on this. The girl, who with bravado told the police last January that she shot her mother rather than obey i niCMKCrn PDI TfT OFFICER PROTESTS (AsmUted Pnw LnK. win.) ' PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 26. Pa trolman Edgar Blanchard, dismis sed by Mayor George L. Baker, af ter he admitted that he had enter ed the home of David Foulkes Sat- unlay without a search warrant, has retained Attorney Milton B. I Klepper to defend him against charges developing from the at- fair. Blanchard admitted that a search warrant was secured after the raid on Foulkes' home for a place near by where liquor was found. - -The Foulkes home was entered by mis take. Attorney Klepper In a statement today said Blanchard had been CAL RIDES HOBBY HORSE FOR REST (AnocUtnl Pna Lnml Win.) NEW YORK, Mar. 26. Mrs. Frank Stearns, wife ot the presi dent's close friend and adviser, be lieves President Coolidge Is just as erlnna In the saddle aa he la In the .wivei chair. With her husband Mrs. Stearns j has been a frequent guest at tha ' White House during the Collldge Incumbency. Today they sailed for a trip to Italy. ! "Yes, I hare seen the president ' on his hobby horse," she said. "It 1 la in his private chamber- an eleo : trical horse, you know, that waa : given to him by a New York friend who thought Mr. Coolidge ' was not getting enoug'i exercise. "I don't think the hobby horse will make the president any more cheerful. He takes his exercise very seriously Just as seriously as be does bis work." WOILD INOItEABB FEUS. (Iwlitsl Fmi Ueanl Win.) -SAN PRANr.lSCO March 23. The state fish and game commis- Islon Is seeking te Increase hunt- Ing and fishing license fees In ' Callforn'a, now the lowest of any paciric coast state. SUFFRAGE BILL PASSED rAMnciiM i-tm LmV e-tn.) TOKIO. Mar. 26 The House of Peeu today passed the manhood sufmige bill. The measure pre viously passed by the lower house, flxea the voting age at 25 and abolishes property qualifications.